The rumor that I have heard is the that their was some knocking off of the original Peterson design. I have heard it said that one was considered to be a inferior product. That's the rumor...I have no direct experience with the differences, but that could explain the perceived differences.

Mine isn’t that same design...it a canoe stern and originally had no cockpit and a single seat at the helm right on the stern....very different fron the "81" shown in the add....200 mile days...yeh right!Doesn’t mean it wasn’t a knock-off from another design?

Any of the above...see the pictures of my 1978 CT48 the one with the blue dodger on the stern is the original lay out and the one with the guy standing is the lay out after/during the present refit with a new center cockpit.

I have no experience of a tc. I am very biased towards the Petersons for obvious reasons.

We have a Peterson (Hillier 46). In a marina she behaves like a houseboat, but out on the water she is like a cheeetah. I moved from Darwin to the Gold Coast against the wind (2300nm) a few months ago and it was a beat all the way. We averaged 7.2. We motorsailed about half of the way but were faster under sail. She was a wet boat in the horrible stuff, but all boats would have been wet in that weather and water.

There are KellyPeterson 44's; Kelly Peterson 46's; Fomosa Peterson 46's and Hiller Peterson 46. [Naturally ours is the best for so many reasons, but any Peterson owner will claim this!!!] The 46's all have the same hull, just different fitouts.